Machine for laying drain-tile



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Patented-Oct. 27,1885.

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MACHINE FOE LAYING DRAIN TILES.

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MACHINE FOR LAYING DRAIN-TILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part or Letters Patent No.;,s29.24s. dated OetQberZ'I, 1885. I

Application filed June 24, 1885. Serial N1c9,e55. (No model.)

5 State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making lrenches and Laying Drain-Tiles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

10 which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which forma part of this specification, and in which- .5

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved machine for making ditches and laying'drain-tile in the same. Fig.- 2 is a plan or top view of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken on the line xx in Fig. 2. Fig.4 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the plane indicated by line y y in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a side elevation, and Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9 are detail views of the cutting apparatus and the mechanism for regulating and controlling the-same.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

This invention relates to an improved comblned machine or apparatus for making ditches or trenches, and'for laying drain-tiles in the same automatically, and by a single passage of the machine over the field, provision being also made for covering the drain-tile thus laid by the soil originally removed by the formation of the trench, and without disturbing the position or condition of such soil; and it has for its object to provide a device of this class which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency.

\Vith these ends in view the invention consists in the improved construction, arrange ment, and combination ofparts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A designates the main beam'of the machine, to the rear end of which is secured the downwardlyextending furrow-opener B, which comprises furrow-opener consists, practically,'ofa fiat wall or landslde, C, inclined from the beam toward the furrow, and connected at its front and rear edges with the mold-board D, which is curved horizontally from the front to the rear edge, and between which and the landside a space, E, is thus left open. This space serves as a conduit for the drain tiles, as will be hereinafter more fullyset forth. By having a flat landside, as O, which bears against the solid earth, the machine is .made to run steadier than where both sides are eurvedand has loose soil upon both sides, as has heretofore been done in machines of this class.

The front part of the sled It is provided with apertures 1', in which are placed the uprights or standards '1, which support the rod '1, to which the power is applied for drawing the machine through the soil. By placing the standards in different holes" the necessary direction is given to the sled for making the proper curve.

To the outer side of the moldboard, near the lower edge of the latter, is secured a flange, F, which extends from the'front end of the said mold-board, first in an upward and then in a downward direction, either ina straight or in a curved line, although the latter is preferred, and the outer edge of which is conneeted by a wall, G, with the shoe H, or bottom of the mold-board. carry the sods and dirt which is loosened by the share, as will be hereinafter described, in the act of making the trench, over the tiles, and todeposit it in the original or in approximately the original position;

The main beam A of the machine has a transverse or laterally-extending beam, I, the ends of which are provided with slots J J, to receive the vertically-adj ustable screw-threaded rods K K, the upper ends of which work This flange serves to in washers L L upon the under side of the device of this class, as it is not always possible,0r even desirable, to follow a straight line in laying the tile.

Having thus described my invention, I

5 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States-- i 1. In a combined ditching'plow and tilelaying machine, the herein-described furrowopener,-having a flat inclined landside, and

a mold-board which is curved from the front end to about the center, and thence recurved to the rear end of the said furrow-opener, sub-. stantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. In a combined ditching-plow and tile laying machine, the combination, with the furrow-opener, constructed and arranged subtantially as herein described, of ashoe hinged horizontally to the front end of the said furrowopener, and a share pivotally secured to the top of said shoe, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

3. In a combined ditching-plow .nd tile- ]aying machine, the combination, with the furrow-opener, of the shoe hinged horizontally to the front end of the same, a share pivotally secured to said shoe, and provided at the sides with slots, and the upwardly-extending colter-arms, having notches upon the rear edge of the lower ends, substantially as herein described, for the purpose set forth.

4. In a combined ditchingplow and tilelaying machine, the combination of the main beam, the furrow-opener, a transverse beam secured to the main beam in front of the furrow-opener, a shaft journaled to the latter, and having a worm-wheel meshing with a suitably-arranged screw,cranks at the ends of the said shaft, entering or engaging notches 0 in the colter-arms extending upwardly from the cutter hinged to the front end of the furrow-opener, all arranged and operating substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth. 5 5. In a combined ditchingplow and tilelaying machine, the combination of the main beam, the furrow-opener, the hinged point of cutter having upwa'rdlycxtcnding colterarms, mechanism for the adjustment of the latter, a carrying-sled connected adjustably' with a transverse beam secured to the main beam by means of screw-threaded rods, and an adjustable frame secured to the said carrying-sled, the sides of said frame being connected by pivoted diagonal bars-and equipped 5 5 with colters or cutters, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a combined ditching-plow and tilelaying machine, the combinatiomwith the furrow-opener having a flange upon one side the front end of which is provided with forwardly-projecting lugs having upwardly-extending projections upon their front ends, of a shoe having apertures and a rearwardlyprojecting lug, and a share pivotally secured I -to said shoe, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 7

7. In a combined ditching-plow and tilelaying machine, the combination, with the furrow-opener and tile-laying mechanism, of a vertical beam secured adjustably to the front end of said machine, and having its lower end swiveled or mounted pivotally in a carryingv sled the under sides of the runners of which are provided with sharp impingingboa-rds or cutters, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

8. In a combined ditching-plow and tilelaying machine, the combination, with the furrow-opener and tilelaying mechanism, of a supporting-sled the front part of which is provided with holes or apertures, a vertical beam swiveled-in said sled, and an upright rod or standard secured therein, and the hitchingrod passing through the upper end of said standard, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses. o

' IVORY WEBSTER.

Witnesses:

HOWELL Hisn, GEORGE WooLL'nY. 

